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Poster: Noah 8-? Date: Nov 6, 2015 6:08am
Forum: oldtimeradio Subject: MY kind of Creative Anachronism

Autumn and winter-

Wet-drizzly-cold- weather whose breeze can drive the chill right through.

Days when IN Door activities are not only appropriate but necessary. Bowling - Archery - Card clubs – model trains – mineral clubs - Lotsa things

However those things make a steady out-go of the in-come and individuals in the winter-for-half-the-year climes usually need some place close; a basement for the escape but when was the last time we saw houses being built with basements any more?

Enter television - - - Don’t you just LOVE it?

Television and messages every 8 or so minutes imploring the watcher to ‘do this’, ‘ buy that’, ‘eat this’, ‘drink that’ . . . . . Ad nauseam
And then there is what is supposed to be entertainment - - - Criminal Minds – Law & Order – 24 hours – CSI aka Crime Scene Investigations - All that’s missing in these contributions possibly inspired by hourly workers at a slaughterhouse is the smell.

Of course there are BALL games and sports . . . sports whose outcome is Soooo….. important - - - and next year the outcomes are AGAIN Soooo… important- - - and next year the outcomes are AGAIN Soooo… important - - - and next year the outcomes are AGAIN Soooo… important – (continued not only the next year but on and on and on . . . . .

Soooooo…. Those of us who can, have turned to internet sources like IA to fetch entertainments when civilized authorities let the good guys win and there are happy endings.

Of course there is a little exaggeration in some of those offerings. For example, if I was a deputy, there’s no way in Hell I would stand there with a 9 of spades and deliberately let someone / ANY one shoot a single action .45 in my direction from some 50 yards while STANDING on the rump of a galloping horse - - - even if the shooter WAS Annie Oakley ! ! !

Those of us that seek the pre-Politically correct impositions into our lives have also discovered OTR, Old Tyme Radio.

With a little effort I have re-labeled almost ALL of the media entertainment offerings with the date of their original broadcast (computer date – today would be: 151106) followed by the general title of the show, the season and episode, and lastly the discrete episode title.
Like:
491004_Life of Riley-w-Jackie Gleason-(S01Ep01)-Tonsils.mp4
Or
471214_Phil Harris & Alice Faye-Presents_For_Fitch_Stockholders.mp3

(radio programs don’t seem to be categorized by episode number AND season I guess because they usually weren’t focused toward any particular season nor date. NONE of that sort of data is readily/easily available for the Roy Rogers radio episodes)

Then - - - it’s a SIMPLE matter to search for oh…. What ever. For today’s fare or that of Joe Shmo;s birthday, all I gotta do is search for ??1106*.(either mp3,mp4,or avi) and VIOLA ! ! ! I get a listing of all the shows that were originally broadcast/offered on that particular date.

WHAT - A – Bagh-an ! ! !

Come - - - step back into time with me an’ the missus - - - and we’ll close the curtains to the dining room, find a spot in the room for living (MY easy chair is over by the fireplace – humph – gotta mess with that fire in the fireplace about every 20 minutes to keep it reasonably going – not too hot nor too cold) and while the wifey is messing with her crosswords and I with my catalogs, tune in (sorta) to another thrilling episode of the Lone Ranger followed by Phill Harris & Alice Faye original broadcast on todays date (albeit three maybe four generations ago).

LET the tempests blow outside- the car is enclosed in the garage and inside we are for a little bit in (what?) 1948?

Noah 8-?

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Poster: ChronicKristinitis Date: Nov 13, 2015 12:12am
Forum: oldtimeradio Subject: Re: MY kind of Creative Anachronism

Thanks- I did not know one could search for programs by day/date as you instructed. I will try it sometime.

About television today, I noticed they all run on the same theme: The Seven Deadly Sins: Lust, Greed, Avarice, Gluttony, Covetousness etc- notice that?? On TLC its the "fattest slobs" shows (disguised as "health" but showcase an obese, pendulous red-lipsticked/mini-skirt wearing slob) probably aimed toward a perverted demographics: Lust and Gluttony


FOOD shows, Cooking shows - Why??(gluttony again)

Extremely dumbed down dialogue (appeal to the lowest common denominator) the exact opposite of radio programs like "Magic Island"- which not only educates(!!) but enlightens, entertains, and *never* insults the listeners intelligence :)

Believe it: Communism infiltration of the media made plots predictable and disingenious- for info read about Allan Ryskind exposing the Hollywood Traitors and his book of same name. For proof, watch 12 Angry Men, Inherit the Wind, and more. Not all old was gold.

Good grief- what is next in the era of entertainment media?

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Poster: Noah 8-? Date: Nov 13, 2015 8:05am
Forum: oldtimeradio Subject: Re: MY kind of Creative Anachronism

sharia

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Poster: Noah 8-? Date: Nov 13, 2015 8:06am
Forum: oldtimeradio Subject: Re: MY kind of Creative Anachronism

Oh yeah,

With a little tinkering with the filenames and using a mass file renamer app I have a really swell setup here.

Right now I have a listing for 98 items in the Windows Media Player playlist as copied into C:\OTR\November 13th . Of Course we're not gonna even attempt to play all 'cause that would be oh, what? about 60+ hours of shows to be running for today's date? Nah, we pick and choose from THIS list for today's date maybe 10/15 or shows then run the playlist after dinnertime.

But it's like you're trying to live in the past (whimper).
You betchum sweet ass, Red Ryder!

Noah 8-?